Roots & Herbs

Infobox Album
Name = Roots & Herbs


Type = Album
Artist = Art Blakey
Released = 1961
Recorded = February 12, February 18, and May 27, 1961
Genre = Jazz
Length =
Label = Blue Note Records
Producer = Alfred Lion
Reviews =
Last album = "Pisces"
(1961)
This album = "Roots & Herbs"
(1961)
Next album = "The Freedom Rider"
(1961)

"Roots & Herbs" is a 1961 jazz album released by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers for Blue Note Records.

Track listing

All compositions by Wayne Shorter.

# Ping Pong – 7:06
# Roots and Herbs – 6:03
# The Back Sliders – 7:49
# United – 7:27
# Look at the Birdie – 6:43
# Master Mind – 6:52 (1970). In "Roots & Herbs" [CD liner notes] . Hollywood, California: Capitol Records, Inc.]

Personnel

In alphabetical order:

* Art Blakey — drums
* Walter Davis, Jr. — piano (on tracks 2 and 4)
* Jymie Merritt — double bass
* Lee Morgan — trumpet
* Wayne Shorter — tenor saxophone
* Bobby Timmons — piano (on tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, and 7)

References